Elizabeth Warren

Warren wants answers from Wells Fargo on closed-account fees

08/21/19

After a news report said the bank kept alive accounts customers thought they had closed, Sen. Elizabeth Warren told acting CEO Allen Parker in a letter that Wells is "still fundamentally broken."

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Postal banking won’t deliver for USPS

08/20/19

Proponents of a plan to get the Postal Service more involved in banking say it would restore profitability. Actually it would lose more money.

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Warren: Trump DOJ settlements let big banks off easy

08/20/19

Following an article by American Banker and ProPublica that detailed how political appointees weakened the penalties paid by two large banks, the Massachusetts senator is demanding more information from the Justice Department.

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Democrats reiterate concerns about head of CFPB innovation office

08/15/19

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and three House members are seeking more details about Paul Watkins' past work with an organization the Southern Poverty Law Center says is an anti-LGBTQ hate group.

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FTC misled consumers about Equifax settlement, Warren says

08/14/19

The Massachusetts Democrat is questioning a claim by the agency about the amount of redress available to those affected by the credit bureau's 2017 data breach.

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Recession-proofing loan books, Trump DOJ goes easy on big banks, Fed's real-time payment: Top stories of the week

08/09/19

Anticipating recession, banks start scrubbing loan books; how Trump's political appointees thwarted tougher settlements with two big banks; the Fed's plans on its real-time payment service; and more from this week's most-read stories.

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'The whole situation is frustrating': Comments of the week

08/08/19

Readers react to the Fed's lengthy plan for a real-time payments system and Fifth Third's minimum wage increase, jab at Sen. Warren's absence on the Senate Banking Committee and more.

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Warren presses Capital One CEO for more details about breach

08/08/19

The Massachusetts senator asked Richard Fairbank in a letter why the bank didn’t detect the breach for nearly four months and how it plans to prevent future cyber intrusions.

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2020 race pulls Warren away from Senate Banking

08/06/19

The panel has had 13 public meetings since the Massachusetts senator’s last appearance, in May.

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Former CFPB official 'may have abused his authority': Inspector general

07/29/19

Eric Blankenstein, now at HUD, is under fire for asking a subordinate to defend him after it was revealed he wrote racially charged blogs 14 years earlier.

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